A pub landlord collapsed and suffered a heart attack as a "direct result" of being punched in the face by a drunken customer, a court heard.

Philip Shannon, licensee of The Albert Hotel in Anlaby Road, west Hull, was "critically ill" after being punched in the face by Lewis Green with what witnesses described as an "upper cut", Hull Crown Court heard.

Prosecutors say Mr Green, 25, had earlier punched another drinker in the face in the pub, pushed a woman to the floor outside, who banged her head on railings, and pushed a doorman over before the alleged assault on Mr Shannon on the night of Friday, September 1, 2017.

Although police attended and performed CPR on the landlord, he had to wait up to 45 minutes for paramedics to arrive, the court was told.

ON TRIAL: Lewis Green, who denies two assaults but has admitted affray

Mr Green, of Victor Street, east Hull, is on trial and denies inflicting grievous bodily harm and assault by beating. He has admitted a further charge of affray.

'Heart attack is GBH'

Opening the case against him on Tuesday, Richard Thompson, prosecuting, told the eight women and four men of the jury: "The prosecution case is that Mr Shannon was punched to the face and shortly after that suffered a heart attack that resulted in him being hospitalised. So the grievous bodily harm is the heart attack that Mr Shannon suffered."

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Green was seen to be in an "agitated state and appeared to be intoxicated" before the alleged violence, the court heard.

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The jury was shown CCTV footage from inside and outside the pub, but it did not capture the alleged assault on the landlord. At first, Mr Green, wearing a black T-shirt, is seen to put his arms around a couple seated at the bar while they kiss.

The man, who is taller than him, stands up and appears to remonstrate with Mr Green, who punches him quickly to the face with his right hand. Mr Green briefly bends his knees to a crouching position before standing up and being restrained by a doorman, who gave evidence in court from behind a screen.

Two women approach Mr Green and speak to him before he pushes them both away, with Mr Shannon stood behind them. The footage then shows Mr Green seated at the end of the bar near the rear exit being spoken to by the landlord and another bouncer.

He is alleged to have pushed the bouncer onto a chair before punching Mr Shannon, who bled from the nose and mouth and went upstairs to change his shirt. Mr Green was ejected through the rear doors, but then appeared at the front entrance, bare-chested.

'Attacked pub'

The bouncer said Mr Green "began to hit the porchway" of the by then locked pub, and the cameras show him push a woman to the floor outside.

Police outside The Albert Hotel (Image: Hull Live)

Mr Shannon was said to have returned within minutes of changing his shirt and gone outside to smoke a rolled cigarette. Mr Green had already left.

The doorman said: "He was upstairs for a minute or two. He then came back down in a red top and that was when he went outside the main entrance, had a smoke and collapsed. He sort of wobbled. We went to catch him and he hit his head on an ashtray outside."

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He said the ashtray was metal, about 18 inches tall, and had concrete inside to keep it in place.

Medics 'took 45 minutes to arrive'

Mr Thompson said: "Police attended, having been called to the initial disturbance, and the police performed CPR on Mr Shannon until paramedics arrived.

"It's right to say that took quite some time, perhaps about 40 or 45 minutes before paramedics were on the scene and police officers were working on Mr Shannon.

"During that period of time he'd stopped breathing and was critically ill. Mr Shannon had suffered a heart attack and that heart attack, the prosecution say, was clearly a direct result of the assault on him by this defendant."

Lewis Green arrives at Hull Crown Court

Mr Thompson told the jury they would hear expert evidence from a consultant cardiologist, who will say Mr Shannon had no history of heart trouble and he was "satisfied" his heart attack was "as a result of the assault by the defendant".

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